Ravel Morrison has targeted victory over Manchester City after the latest display of his outstanding natural talent in England U21s 5-0 victory over Lithuania.

The West Ham midfielder gave Gareth Southgate's team a first-minute lead against their U21 opponents before, with England already 3-0 up, in the 71st minute effortlessly dribbling past several players and rounding the goalkeeper to make it four.

If it was a goal to remind observers of his equally delightful effort in a recent 3-0 Premier League victory at Tottenham it was one to highlight his potential and composure, and it was also one Manchester City's staff wouldn't have welcomed ahead of Saturday evening's Upton Park fixture, particularly given his Manchester United background.

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‘I'm very excited because obviously I used to play for Manchester United but I never played against their first team so I'm really looking forward to it,' said Morrison, who left Old Trafford in 2012.

‘Of course we can cause a shock. We're a great team and we should have had a lot of goals this season but for some reason we haven't.

‘Against Tottenham we managed to get the goals which have been missing which was pleasing. The defence has been solid so if we carry on doing what we're doing we can cause an upset.’

Hours after Morrison's second goal at Portman Road on Tuesday, England's senior team secured qualification to the 2014 World Cup.

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Round the keeper: Morrison showed exceptional natural talent when scoring his second goal

It has already been suggested that Morrison has the potential to become a significant figure within Roy Hodgson's squad for next summer but if there was a temptation to talk up his international chances – and his character has in the past repeatedly been questioned – he refused to take it and instead focused on the goal that had had everyone talking.

‘I can't remember it, I've not seen it back yet to be honest,' he said.

‘I just thought I might as well drive it in because I drove it in before when I should have got my shot off but it got intercepted.

‘I thought I might as well chance this one and try and break through the lines and that's what I did.’

Inconvenient timing? City and England goalkeeper Joe Hart will be tasked with keeping Morrison at bay